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Bd6r
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2022 May 30, 6:49am
Bd6r
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2022 May 30, 6:49am
Yes, BS in Chem E, later switched to chemistry. Kind of opposite for OP. Liked experiments, but was intensely bored with applied mechanics, turbulent flows etc that is required for ChemE. I find that often the best students in chemistry classes are engineering majors, incl Chem E.
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Al_Sharpton_for_President
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2022 May 30, 6:54am
Al_Sharpton_for_President
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2022 May 30, 6:54am
Bio major undergrad. Aced organic chem. Was the curve buster. Frequent 100's on exams back in the day when that was the highest grade given out. Once you figured out basic principles, and could visualize, you could see where things were going.
Hated biochem. Pathways, pathways, pathways. Too much memorization, although I appreciated the higher principles. I took it after organic chem and it was a letdown. Stayed away from Pchem as calculus wasn't a strong suit and I didn't need to take it.
Hated biochem. Pathways, pathways, pathways. Too much memorization, although I appreciated the higher principles. I took it after organic chem and it was a letdown. Stayed away from Pchem as calculus wasn't a strong suit and I didn't need to take it.
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clambo
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2022 May 30, 7:47am
I was also a little bored by organic chemistry.
I think that’s where the gays got “cis” v “trans” from, funny how that worked.
In the lab I made a strange material by mistake, I should have saved it for posterity.
I think that’s where the gays got “cis” v “trans” from, funny how that worked.
In the lab I made a strange material by mistake, I should have saved it for posterity.
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KgK one
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2022 May 31, 8:25am
BS chem E . Organic chem killed me in university. All appeared same on final test. No matter how much I memorized, it was same. Lowered GPA and scared me from med school.
I found enterprise databases more fun for chem companies. Also u don't have to be in lab , touching chemicals. After reading many MsDS found lot of it causes cancer n other side effects.
I found enterprise databases more fun for chem companies. Also u don't have to be in lab , touching chemicals. After reading many MsDS found lot of it causes cancer n other side effects.
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Bd6r
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2022 May 31, 8:39am
Bd6r
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2022 May 31, 8:39am
KgK one says
I read MSDS of p-acetylaminophenol which is paracetamol. Bottle in lab has warning up the wazoo - it is toxic, dangerous, etc. But we can take it as medicine. A lot of this "dangerous chemicals" stuff is companies covering their asses. But a few which are really toxic get drowned out by them saying that everything is toxic.
After reading many MsDS found lot of it causes cancer n other side effects.
I read MSDS of p-acetylaminophenol which is paracetamol. Bottle in lab has warning up the wazoo - it is toxic, dangerous, etc. But we can take it as medicine. A lot of this "dangerous chemicals" stuff is companies covering their asses. But a few which are really toxic get drowned out by them saying that everything is toxic.
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Patrick
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2022 May 31, 9:44pm
Patrick
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2022 May 31, 9:44pm
I was pre-med and actually got into medical school but didn't go when it came time to sign for the loans. So I had a lot of chem, physics, biology, etc and mostly enjoyed it.
Didn't know what I wanted to do for the longest time, so I ended up being an undergrad for a total of 7.5 years.
Didn't know what I wanted to do for the longest time, so I ended up being an undergrad for a total of 7.5 years.
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TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
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2022 Jun 1, 8:33am
TheAntiPanicanLearingCenter
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2022 Jun 1, 8:33am
Failed Chemistry in 8th grade. Took an online course so as assuage my ignorance and not to be a total retard a few years ago and passed elementary chemistry.
Would love to do more, esp. practical and useful shit. Think Granddad's Chemistry and "Chemistry for the meanest understanding, London, 1898"
Would love to do more, esp. practical and useful shit. Think Granddad's Chemistry and "Chemistry for the meanest understanding, London, 1898"
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Bd6r
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2022 Jun 1, 9:40am
Bd6r
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2022 Jun 1, 9:40am
AmericanKulak says
That type of stuff was my first chem textbook, printed in 1922. Read by myself when I was 13.
Granddad's Chemistry and "Chemistry for the meanest understanding, London, 1898"
That type of stuff was my first chem textbook, printed in 1922. Read by myself when I was 13.
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Patrick
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2022 Jun 1, 10:30am
Patrick
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2022 Jun 1, 10:30am
I was also trying to read my dad's college chem textbook at about that age.
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Bd6r
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2022 Jun 1, 10:38am
Bd6r
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2022 Jun 1, 10:38am
Patrick says
At those times, textbooks had more connection to real life. For example, one that I read had procedure for making alcohol and vinegar from sugar with subsequent explanation of chemistry. This made it very interesting in that it was not just dry theory but had practical applications of stuff happening around you. It also had recipee for making nitroglicerin but luckily for me and my parents I was not able to reproduce it even though I tried 10 times. It kind of worked once, with a 6 ft flame...
I was also trying to read my dad's college chem textbook at about that age.
At those times, textbooks had more connection to real life. For example, one that I read had procedure for making alcohol and vinegar from sugar with subsequent explanation of chemistry. This made it very interesting in that it was not just dry theory but had practical applications of stuff happening around you. It also had recipee for making nitroglicerin but luckily for me and my parents I was not able to reproduce it even though I tried 10 times. It kind of worked once, with a 6 ft flame...
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Loved chemistry in high school. Funky colors, strange smeels, getting my hands dirty, occasionally blowing stuff up, etc. Plus my high school Chem teacher was accident prone so there was always the chance for a good show.
Realized I wasn't the most accurate lab hand, (a pinch of this and a bit of that works fine for cooking dinner, but not for making chemicals) so I diverted to chemical engineering for college. Figured it would help me keep all my fingers and still have fun.
Hated organic chemistry in college. Had an old school teacher. Lots of memorization, very dry and dull. Alkanes, Alykenes and Keytones didn't excite me. The irony is my roommate, who was a bio major, passed easily. I struggled to get through, despite extra help. The lab was even worse than the lectures. Barley passed.
It go so bad, I took an extra inorganic chemistry class to meet my degree requirements.
So do we have any chemists / chemical engineers on this forum?